On Friday, Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) was 4.76% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $3.99. A 52-week range for MERC has been $3.20 – $10.43.
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Annual sales at Basic Materials sector company grew by 6.14% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 36.81%. With a float of $38.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $66.87 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 3580 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 8.56%, operating margin of 2.83%, and the pretax margin is -4.28%.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Insider Updates
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Mercer International Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Mercer International Inc is 42.89%, while institutional ownership is 49.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 08 ’25, was worth 25,312. In this transaction COO, Wood Products of this company bought 7,000 shares at a rate of $3.62, taking the stock ownership to the 22,651 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 07 ’25, when Company’s Sr. VP, Global Wood Sourcing bought 8,791 for $3.60, making the entire transaction worth $31,687. This insider now owns 35,054 shares in total.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 36.81% per share during the next fiscal year.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Mercer International Inc (MERC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.98. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.14. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.17.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.36, a number that is poised to hit -0.19 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.04 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Mercer International Inc (MERC)
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) saw its 5-day average volume 0.81 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.44 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 85.18%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.29.
During the past 100 days, Mercer International Inc’s (MERC) raw stochastic average was set at 19.29%, which indicates a significant decrease from 66.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 81.40% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 61.29% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.21, while its 200-day Moving Average is $6.23. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $4.28 in the near term. At $4.38, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $4.53. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.03, it is likely to go to the next support level at $3.87. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $3.77.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Key Stats
There are 66,871K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 279.52 million. As of now, sales total 2,043 M while income totals -85,140 K. Its latest quarter income was 506,970 K while its last quarter net income were -22,340 K.
